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. >> leon panetta, the defense secretary, is so worried about a failure by the supercommittee to pass a budget would mean in terms of doubling of cuts in defense to a trillion dollars. he is telling his aides, we may have to choose between which threats we're going to defend against. i think what he means is are we going to look to china as a threat? are we going to say we can't afford to deal with it? >> do we have that 2 1/2 war scenario thing? >> that is precisely what he thinks he can put on the shelf. chris: how many wars right now? >> 1 1/2. he is making the strategic choices that i was talking about in that prediction, but the bigger harder choices await the sequestration, the amount of cuts could double and panetta hasn't begun to answer those questions and he really doesn't know. those are the cuts that scare people. chris: troubling. anyway, we'll be right back. chris: welcome back and happy new year. and happy election year, i guess. thanks to today's great roundtable. major garret, gloria borger, kelly o'donnell and david ignatius. that's the show. we'll see you next week
. >> leon panetta, the defense secretary, is so worried about a failure by the supercommittee to pass a budget would mean in terms of doubling of cuts in defense to a trillion dollars. he is telling his aides, we may have to choose between which threats we're going to defend against. i think what he means is are we going to look to china as a threat? are we going to say we can't afford to deal with it? >> do we have that 2 1/2 war scenario thing? >> that is precisely what he...
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you have met leon panetta. you have met a veteran of this program. even if congress man who's a veteran of this program. put all this together. i know you have things to what to say about the week. can you tell us other things you've learned about the week, about people you've met, about watching famous people? >> i'm from kansas city. the best part of my week, last night at dinner we are sitting across the table. we tend to not stay too political at our dinner conversations. we were arguing. we are different as far as our views go. we are talking about the deficit must leave. we were talking about how we had different ideas on how to go about that. it got pretty heated. i was standing up on occasion. >> where your hands? >> i grab my napkin occasionally. i cannot look at him anymore. at the end of it, he stood up. he gave me an "i love you." we have different views but it will not be the end of the world. i think that is something that needs to be more present in our political system. >> was either you on? -- what side are you on? >> on one of the b
you have met leon panetta. you have met a veteran of this program. even if congress man who's a veteran of this program. put all this together. i know you have things to what to say about the week. can you tell us other things you've learned about the week, about people you've met, about watching famous people? >> i'm from kansas city. the best part of my week, last night at dinner we are sitting across the table. we tend to not stay too political at our dinner conversations. we were...
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. >>> coming up next, defense secretary leon panetta says the greatest threat in the mideast is a nuclear iran, but the u.s. should just make a major move. military action is not off the table. we're going live to the pentagon, next. >>> the u.s. and five other countries are willing to go back to the negotiating table over iran's nuclear program. but the diplomacy really just part of the story. we heard the president's preference is diplomacy, but he also said no option is necessarily off the table. >> right, brooke. this is coming the same day where the u.s. commander of the middle east, commander of the forces in the middle east says iran is the most nuclear threat to the stability in that region. there is a lot of rhetoric. prime minister benjamin netanyahu here in the united states also sounding concerned from israel's point of view that iran is moving closer to the bomb. so yes, diplomacy is one aspect of this, but the military force is always right there on the table as well. >> some news today, there appears to be some unwillingness on behalf of iran to let international inspectors
. >>> coming up next, defense secretary leon panetta says the greatest threat in the mideast is a nuclear iran, but the u.s. should just make a major move. military action is not off the table. we're going live to the pentagon, next. >>> the u.s. and five other countries are willing to go back to the negotiating table over iran's nuclear program. but the diplomacy really just part of the story. we heard the president's preference is diplomacy, but he also said no option is...
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they failed and my point is, the president should have led and listened to secretary panetta and said we can't have $1 trillion in cuts over ten years at a time of war. he didn't do it. so i do blame him for not leading, and the biggest issue besides jobs really is the readiness of the military and this isn't going to do it. >> i guess i just didn't hear a lot of republicans complaining about the size of the navy under president bush, when it was actually lower than it is now. and actually, lower than it was in 1916, to the point of governor romney. >> well, i don't think we had sequestration piled on top of that which was $1 trillion on top of that. so while there may be some ships that are in the pipeline now, anderson, there's no way to be able to get to the needs that the department of defense said another 62 ships to be able to meet the missions of the united states. it's an increasingly dangerous world. we're recovering from the arab spring with uncertainty in the mideast. we've got -- we're closer to a nuclear iran. i think we've got strained relations with israel. there's a lo
they failed and my point is, the president should have led and listened to secretary panetta and said we can't have $1 trillion in cuts over ten years at a time of war. he didn't do it. so i do blame him for not leading, and the biggest issue besides jobs really is the readiness of the military and this isn't going to do it. >> i guess i just didn't hear a lot of republicans complaining about the size of the navy under president bush, when it was actually lower than it is now. and...
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panetta was hired in the first place to go to the pentagon and to do one thing and one thing only and that is to save money, that is what's going to do. >> kill nell, stay right there we will take a quick break. we are told that the president is on his way, i guess he has not arrived at the pentagon yet but we are waiting for this news conference along with leon panetta. we will be back after this. yoo-hoo. hello. it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall. [ male announcer ] great tasting tap water can come from any faucet anywhere. the brita bottle with the filter inside. but for some of us with overactive bladder, our pipes just don't work as well as they should. sometimes, i worry my pipes might leak. but i learned there's something more i can do. now, i take care with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to treat overactive bladder with symptoms of frequent urges and leaks day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems, or trouble emptying your bladder, do not take vesicare. vesicare may cause allergic reactions
panetta was hired in the first place to go to the pentagon and to do one thing and one thing only and that is to save money, that is what's going to do. >> kill nell, stay right there we will take a quick break. we are told that the president is on his way, i guess he has not arrived at the pentagon yet but we are waiting for this news conference along with leon panetta. we will be back after this. yoo-hoo. hello. it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall. [ male announcer ] great...
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panetta's speech was broadcast to the entire u.s. military. warning bad behavior can lead to instant international headlines. >> and those headlines can impact the mission that we're engaged in. it can put your fellow service members at risk. it can hurt morale. it can damage our standing in the world. >> reporter: the investigation of a dozen service members and potential misconduct involving alcohol and prostitutes during president obama's trip to kol y columbia brought it to an even higher profile. general james amos said it's brought disdes credit on the marine corps and called for an end to embarrassing conduct. the chief of staff of the army also weighed in, calling for an end to the bad behavior and the navy, well, in the last 2 1/2 years, the navy has relieved 47 commanders from duty for failing to meet professional and behavior standards. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> stop starving and start eating. that is the message from "vogue" magazine. to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america
panetta's speech was broadcast to the entire u.s. military. warning bad behavior can lead to instant international headlines. >> and those headlines can impact the mission that we're engaged in. it can put your fellow service members at risk. it can hurt morale. it can damage our standing in the world. >> reporter: the investigation of a dozen service members and potential misconduct involving alcohol and prostitutes during president obama's trip to kol y columbia brought it to an...
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just as panetta's plane was landing. another major security breach but pentagon officials say no explosives were found in the vehicle and secretary panetta went on with his schedule, which includes a face-to-face promise to the afghan president hamid karzai for a thorough investigation of the shooting rampage blamed for the deaths of 16 afghan civilians this week. military officials confirm the suspected gunman, an army staff sergeant, was flown out of afghanistan tonight heading for another detention facility in kuwait, and that afghan officials were alerted to this transfer beforehand. this and other tensions have brought calls for a quicker withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan. but at the white house today after talks with the british prime minister david cameron, president obama insisted progress is being made and insisted the timetable in place which would bring all troops home by the end of 2014 was the right one. >> i don't anticipate at this stage that we're going to be making any sudden addition al cha
just as panetta's plane was landing. another major security breach but pentagon officials say no explosives were found in the vehicle and secretary panetta went on with his schedule, which includes a face-to-face promise to the afghan president hamid karzai for a thorough investigation of the shooting rampage blamed for the deaths of 16 afghan civilians this week. military officials confirm the suspected gunman, an army staff sergeant, was flown out of afghanistan tonight heading for another...
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>> chris: defense secretary panetta, finally calling the benghazi assault an act of terrorism. while republican senator bob corker joins a growing number of officials questioning whether the obama administration was involved in a cover-up. and, we're back now with the panel. the director of national intelligence issued an extraordinary statement friday afternoon, that their initial information was, that it was a spontaneous protest, but since then they got new information, they revised their assessment, and they now believe it was a deliberate, quoted, deliberate and organized terrorist attack. question, bill: does that get the obama white house off the hook in their shifting explanations of what happened in benghazi? >> well, it shouldn't because it was clear, it was a terrorist attack and leon panetta said it was obviously an attack, before susan rice said it was a spontaneous protest about a video and the president has a big investment in the narrative, is usama bin laden dead an al-queda finished and, it turns out al qaeda and affiliates, al-sharia are capable of launching
>> chris: defense secretary panetta, finally calling the benghazi assault an act of terrorism. while republican senator bob corker joins a growing number of officials questioning whether the obama administration was involved in a cover-up. and, we're back now with the panel. the director of national intelligence issued an extraordinary statement friday afternoon, that their initial information was, that it was a spontaneous protest, but since then they got new information, they revised...
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. >> there's been lots of reaction today, leon panetta, i've seen the footage. i find it utterly deplorable, echoed by hillary clinton, expressing my total dismay. marines i have the highest respect and admiration for, but i completely endorse panetta in condemning this behavior. you got a reaction from taliban saying their religion that follows holy task would suggest the inhuman act reveals to the world. i think that statement needs to be put into that context. but it's very disturbing that post abu ghraib with all the attention that rained down on the american military for that and all the shame that came down on the perpetrators -- >> that this happened again -- >> this kind of thing is being unearthed again. it's incredibly disappointing, isn't it? >> it is. as a former soldier, you know, and as an american, yeah, you never want to see anything like that occur. but, you know, it's sad. and hopefully, you know, we will never have to go through this -- >> should they be kicked out? >> again -- >> the perpetrators? >> i think we should find out from the whole
. >> there's been lots of reaction today, leon panetta, i've seen the footage. i find it utterly deplorable, echoed by hillary clinton, expressing my total dismay. marines i have the highest respect and admiration for, but i completely endorse panetta in condemning this behavior. you got a reaction from taliban saying their religion that follows holy task would suggest the inhuman act reveals to the world. i think that statement needs to be put into that context. but it's very disturbing...
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newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the new blueprint for the pentagon from defense secretary leon panetta. >> cutting $500 billion is not chump change. >> brown: then, we turn to the presidential contest, as the candidates campaign in new hampshire and south carolina. >> woodruff: we look at how super pac money was spent in iowa and assess what that could mean for primaries yet to come. >> brown: and gwen ifill sits down with former utah governor jon huntsman. >> i'm a hardheaded realist, absolutely i am. and i say we have come from last place, we now find ourselves in third. there is a lot more blue sky to go in the days ahead. >> woodruff: plus, margaret warner examines the comeback for the u.s. auto industry after strong sales in 2011. >> brown: and we close with hari sreenivasan's book conversation about life lessons learned from the elderly. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and wi
newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the new blueprint for the pentagon from defense secretary leon panetta. >> cutting $500 billion is not chump change. >> brown: then, we turn to the presidential contest, as the candidates campaign in new hampshire and south carolina. >> woodruff: we look at how super pac money was spent in iowa and assess what that could mean for primaries yet to come. >> brown: and gwen ifill sits down with former utah governor jon huntsman....
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so there you have a brief statement from leon panetta responding to a question leon panetta, the defense secretary confirming what we have now known and following for the last couple hours, there has been a thwarted plot, a plot to go ahead and try to take down a u.s. bound air liner, a plot that included annum proceed vised explosive device. we have been following the breaking news. much more coming up here on cnn. that's it for me. thanks for watching. i am wolf blitz inner "the situation room." the breaking news continues next on cnn. >> good evening. i am
so there you have a brief statement from leon panetta responding to a question leon panetta, the defense secretary confirming what we have now known and following for the last couple hours, there has been a thwarted plot, a plot to go ahead and try to take down a u.s. bound air liner, a plot that included annum proceed vised explosive device. we have been following the breaking news. much more coming up here on cnn. that's it for me. thanks for watching. i am wolf blitz inner "the...
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so there you have a brief statement from leon panetta responding to a question leon panetta, the defense secretary confirming what we have now known and following for the last couple hours, there has been a thwarted plot, a plot to go ahead and try to take down a u.s. bound air liner, a plot that included annum proceed vised explosive device. we have been following the breaking news. much more coming up here on cnn. that's it for me. thanks for watching. i am wolf blitz inner "the situation room." the breaking news continues next on cnn. >> good evening. i am john king. we continue to get new information on the breaking news story, the united states with the help of allies foils a terrorist plot to bomb an air liner and an in-depth look at the key issues in the 2012 presidential election and president obama's report card on i am gags. plus, exactly six months from now, a new polling shows an incredibly tight race and the romney and obama campaign confront a pair of tough questions. >> we start with dramatic breaking use. new information coming in by the minute on a new terror plot foiled
so there you have a brief statement from leon panetta responding to a question leon panetta, the defense secretary confirming what we have now known and following for the last couple hours, there has been a thwarted plot, a plot to go ahead and try to take down a u.s. bound air liner, a plot that included annum proceed vised explosive device. we have been following the breaking news. much more coming up here on cnn. that's it for me. thanks for watching. i am wolf blitz inner "the...
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defense secretary leon panetta calls him one of the great military giants of the 20th century. he died after complications from pneumonia. he was 78 years old. >>> in india, growing demonstrations after a woman was gang raped on a bus in gnu deli. she's fighting for her life in singapore. doctors say she has taken a turn for the worse and her vital signs are deteriorating. meanwhile protesters are growing angrier over the number of rapes in new delly. six expects have been arrested. protesters want tougher laws for rape and crimes against women. there were 572 reported rapes just last year and more than 600 reported so far this year. >>> americans may no long er be able to adopt children from russia. president vad vladimir putin signed a bill today. >> translator: the vast majority of russian citizens are very negative about foreigners adopting our children. we need to do it our oust ourselves. we need ourselves to stimulate, bringsing to the family orphans or those left without parental care. >> the law which goes into effect around the corner on january 1st could affect hundr
defense secretary leon panetta calls him one of the great military giants of the 20th century. he died after complications from pneumonia. he was 78 years old. >>> in india, growing demonstrations after a woman was gang raped on a bus in gnu deli. she's fighting for her life in singapore. doctors say she has taken a turn for the worse and her vital signs are deteriorating. meanwhile protesters are growing angrier over the number of rapes in new delly. six expects have been arrested....
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we are in a position where, according to secretary panetta, just last month he said that the threats to our country have not receded. our troops remain engaged in the conflict in afghanistan. we continue to confront a real terrorist threat emanating from somalia, yemen, pakistan, and north africa, and as secretary panetta has said, we continue to see the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, threats from iran and north korea, and turmoil in the middle east. we also see what is happening, the rising power of china and the investment they are making in their military in the asia-pacific region and, of course, we have other conflicts, like the conflict happening right now in syria. the course of where we are right now in our national security, this is not a time for us to make decisions that will undermine our ability to confront these challenges that we faced right now, and let me talk briefly what this means and what we know so far will be the impact of sequestration on our various forces. with respect to the army, i told you that the initial $487 billion in reductions, that's
we are in a position where, according to secretary panetta, just last month he said that the threats to our country have not receded. our troops remain engaged in the conflict in afghanistan. we continue to confront a real terrorist threat emanating from somalia, yemen, pakistan, and north africa, and as secretary panetta has said, we continue to see the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, threats from iran and north korea, and turmoil in the middle east. we also see what is...
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today, leon panetta said america is ready militarily. >> we've always made clear that in terms of any threats to the region, in terms of some of the behavior that they've conducted in the region, we'll also be prepared to respond militarily if we have to. >> those are strong words. just how close are we to a confrontation with iran? joining us now, james reuben. >> assistant. >> assistant secretary of state. >> that's a good promotion. >> i just gave you a promotion. you should have taken it and run with it. we're about truth and transparency. but let's start with this letter, this red line we've been hearing about now leon panetta weighing in. why the frenzy of activity? is ready militarily. >> we've always made clear that in terms of any threats to the region, in terms of some of the behavior that they've conducted in the region, we'll also be prepared to respond militarily if we have to. >> those are strong words. just how close are we to a confrontation with iran? joining us now, james reuben. >> assistant. >> assistant secretary of state. >> that's a good promotion. >> i just gav
today, leon panetta said america is ready militarily. >> we've always made clear that in terms of any threats to the region, in terms of some of the behavior that they've conducted in the region, we'll also be prepared to respond militarily if we have to. >> those are strong words. just how close are we to a confrontation with iran? joining us now, james reuben. >> assistant. >> assistant secretary of state. >> that's a good promotion. >> i just gave you a...
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hillary clinton, petraeus, gates, panetta were concerned about missing an opportunity. this was a guy who killed 3000 americans and if america hadn't learned that we had him in our sites and didn't pull the trigger. >> guest: . >> host: that is where the leadership portion comes in. i think certainly the president early on given the lives at stake in the raid was certainly something readers could understand by what happened afterwards i think was really quite striking and here again we perhaps see the fingerprints of valerie jarrett? >> guest: perhaps. bin laden's body had splashed off the deck hours before and now here is the president of the united states racing to the television cameras to tell the world and the intelligence and military communities were just apoplectic. why would you give away one advantage we have in the war which is to have surprised. he took two hefty trash bird -- trash bags full of documents, thumb drives, hard drives. why not spend a week or two with the documentation with the cia and examine those and translate those? you could have located e
hillary clinton, petraeus, gates, panetta were concerned about missing an opportunity. this was a guy who killed 3000 americans and if america hadn't learned that we had him in our sites and didn't pull the trigger. >> guest: . >> host: that is where the leadership portion comes in. i think certainly the president early on given the lives at stake in the raid was certainly something readers could understand by what happened afterwards i think was really quite striking and here again...
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he may not have known they were there for panetta, or may not have known panetta was about to land, but a u.s. military official says that the driver drove the vehicle at a high rate of speed at individuals who had to get out of the way to avoid being hit. the secretary's plane was diverted to another part of the runway, they all had to stay on board until it was safe. here for the first time defense secretary leon panetta talking about it. isms from the evidence that i've been told so far, that this individual basically, whatever happened here was directed as others that were there on the field and not me or my plane or anything associated with me. >> but an extraordinary security breach nonetheless, wolf. we have also learned it was 30 minutes between the time the man stole the vehicle and crashed it on the runway where the secretary's plain was landing. 30 minutes when someone had a stolen vehicle, gasoline on board, a vip about to land, and the military didn't seem to know very much about it, wolf. >> all right. stand by, barbara, because this is just coming in. >>> i want to go to
he may not have known they were there for panetta, or may not have known panetta was about to land, but a u.s. military official says that the driver drove the vehicle at a high rate of speed at individuals who had to get out of the way to avoid being hit. the secretary's plane was diverted to another part of the runway, they all had to stay on board until it was safe. here for the first time defense secretary leon panetta talking about it. isms from the evidence that i've been told so far,...
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we asked secretary panetta about that in an interview for "60 minutes." he was touring the middle east last month traveling on his flying command post that's rigged to conduct nuclear war if need be. but the secretary told us cyber war is one of his biggest worries. >> the reality is that there is the cyber capability to basically bring down our power grid to create... to paralyze our financial system in this country to virtually paralyze our country. and i think we have to be prepared not only to defend against that kind of attack but if necessary we are going to have to be prepared to be able to be aggressive when it comes to cyber efforts as well. we've got to develop the technology, the capability, we've got to be able to defend this country. >> pelley: is it fair to characterize your cyber command as currently engaged in battle everyday? >> that's one of the interesting questions: what constitutes an act of war when it comes to cyber warfare? countries use cyber as a way to exploit information. i think the chinese use it as a way to gain information
we asked secretary panetta about that in an interview for "60 minutes." he was touring the middle east last month traveling on his flying command post that's rigged to conduct nuclear war if need be. but the secretary told us cyber war is one of his biggest worries. >> the reality is that there is the cyber capability to basically bring down our power grid to create... to paralyze our financial system in this country to virtually paralyze our country. and i think we have to be...
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and panetta had realtime information much earlier than that. if he had acted immediately, we could have sent fighter jets, commandos to protect our consulate, the navy base is not far away. so this burns me up. let's talk. cnbc contributor david goodfriend is with us, former clinton white house official. ben webber, republican strategist and mitt romney senior adviser. and emmy-nominated actress janine turner, founder of constituting america. we wait for janine to get strapped in. ben webber, i want to go to you, i know that governor romney has stayed away from this issue, at least during the debate. i don't know what he's saying on the campaign trail. but we no from report, we know that panetta was in an oval office meeting with the president and the vice president at 5:00 p.m. on 9/11. we know that. we also know those e-mails came in as you well know at 4:05, 4:59, 6:07 and later on in the evening, another e-mail said that they were still fighting it out six hours later. i don't understand how we didn't send ach weapons, help and assets help
and panetta had realtime information much earlier than that. if he had acted immediately, we could have sent fighter jets, commandos to protect our consulate, the navy base is not far away. so this burns me up. let's talk. cnbc contributor david goodfriend is with us, former clinton white house official. ben webber, republican strategist and mitt romney senior adviser. and emmy-nominated actress janine turner, founder of constituting america. we wait for janine to get strapped in. ben webber, i...
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but now defense secretary leon panetta has gone further in this briefing, just concluded here at the pentagon, with very definitive word about his assessment of what happened. i want you to listen. >> as we determined the details of what took place there and how that attack took place that it became clear that there were terrorists who had planned that attack and that's when i came to that conclusion as again, as to who was involved, what specific groups were involved, i think the investigation that is ongoing hopefully will determine that. >> about a day after or -- >> took a while to really get some of the feedback from what exactly happened at that location. >> reporter: panetta weighing in with two very important assessments there, brooke. terrorist attack very definitive on that and planned. there's been a lot of talk around washington, was it planned? was it spontaneous? second of defense saying he had information it was planned. next up, was the chairman of the joint chief of staffs martin dempsey and offered fairly astounding information about the intelligence that the admini
but now defense secretary leon panetta has gone further in this briefing, just concluded here at the pentagon, with very definitive word about his assessment of what happened. i want you to listen. >> as we determined the details of what took place there and how that attack took place that it became clear that there were terrorists who had planned that attack and that's when i came to that conclusion as again, as to who was involved, what specific groups were involved, i think the...
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listen as he greets the defense secretary, leon panetta. >> good job tonight. good job tonight. >> just hours before a u.s. special operations forces parachuted into somalia near the pirates' compound. the strike team included navy 150e8s from the same unit that killed osama bin laden. they shot their way, in killing all nine of the kidnappers, then rushed the freed hostages onto helicopters and got away without a single casualty. cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is live with us tonight to tell us more about how this daring raid went down. >> reporter: john, the military and fbi had been searching for these humanitarian workers since october. now officials tell us it was only in recent weeks that the sense of urgency really started to rise. part of the reason for that was the deteriorating health of the american woman, jessica buchanan. so when officials got specific intelligence, specifically where the hostages were and who was holding them, president obama made the call to green light this mission on monday night. on tuesday night, the weather was pe
listen as he greets the defense secretary, leon panetta. >> good job tonight. good job tonight. >> just hours before a u.s. special operations forces parachuted into somalia near the pirates' compound. the strike team included navy 150e8s from the same unit that killed osama bin laden. they shot their way, in killing all nine of the kidnappers, then rushed the freed hostages onto helicopters and got away without a single casualty. cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is live...
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today, leon panetta said america is ready militarily. >> we've always made clear that in terms of any threats to the region, in terms of some of the behavior that they've conducted in the region, we'll also be prepared to respond militarily if we have to. >> those are strong words. just how close are we to a confrontation with iran? joining us now, james reuben. >> assistant. >> assistant secretary of state. >> that's a good promotion. >> i just gave you a promotion. you should have taken it and run with it. we're about truth and transparency. but let's start with this letter, this red line we've been hearing about now leon panetta weighing in. why the frenzy of activity? right now? >> there's a lot happening at once. number one, the united states is imposing new sanctions. iran responded by threatening to close the strait of hormuz, and finally, an iranian scientist was assassinated. this has happened within a week or so and that has raised the threshold and led as you reported to an important communication between washington and tehran. >> so, we have no direct line of communication
today, leon panetta said america is ready militarily. >> we've always made clear that in terms of any threats to the region, in terms of some of the behavior that they've conducted in the region, we'll also be prepared to respond militarily if we have to. >> those are strong words. just how close are we to a confrontation with iran? joining us now, james reuben. >> assistant. >> assistant secretary of state. >> that's a good promotion. >> i just gave you a...